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gr8oldies said:
It would be really cool to DX both sides of an ESkip opening
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+1. Agree!

One feature that the SDR.hu site facilitates that I really like (and that someone else recently mentioned) is an ability to measure how well stations get out. I said earlier that one of my favorite terrestial stations to listen to online is 2CH from Sydney Australia. 5kw ND at 1170. This morning (pre-dawn tomorrow, Tuesday in Australia) I got a clue as to how well it actually does. At roughly 600 miles in Tasmania 2CH was blasting. But at about 450 miles near Melbourne, it was getting splatter from each first adjacent. Still, it was solid with minimal fading. (Although let's just say Carly Simon's "Jesse" has definitely sounded better!)

I tried a couple of other Aussie SDR sites, but they were pretty much deaf to MW.
 
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Superb conditions again on the Idaho SDR last night. Two new NDB's from Nunavut for example. CB-245 Cambridge Bay, and YBB-263 Kuggaruk. The latter is my farthest north NDB logged to date, at 68.5N, -89.8W, and over 1,900 miles away. Several new Ontario NDBs including a 100w station in Hearst, ON. Only new USA NDB was DI-353 from Dickinson, ND.
 
I found a new one in Beaufort SC with some of the usual MW stations marked. I had WFNI, Indianapolis, WFLI Chattanooga and WAPI Birmingham all on 1070.
 
gr8oldies said:
I found a new one in Beaufort SC with some of the usual MW stations marked. I had WFNI, Indianapolis, WFLI Chattanooga and WAPI Birmingham all on 1070.
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I checked this one out for a few minutes last night. Good stuff.

I had all the Chicago big signals, including WSCR on top of Cuba. As well as a good signal from WMVP. New Yorkers were there as well, but for some reason, not quite as strong as Chicago. I tried for CFZM and whiffed, but CJBC (from the same stick) was in. Another mild surprise was WBZ with a fair signal. 'BZ has been problematic for me in the South.

An unexpected treat was a Sunday night oldies show. From WPTF with a good signal.

Regarding another SDR matter, I finally broke the trans-Atlantic barrier over the weekend. WBBR Saturday night, with a weak, but fairly reliable signal on one of the British receivers (Thames, IIRC). I also think I may have heard WSM a couple of nights earlier. I was hearing what sounded like country music, but the signal was very weak and I couldn't ID it.
 
cyberdad said:
I checked this one out for a few minutes last night. Good stuff.

I had all the Chicago big signals, including WSCR on top of Cuba. As well as a good signal from WMVP. New Yorkers were there as well, but for some reason, not quite as strong as Chicago. I tried for CFZM and whiffed, but CJBC (from the same stick) was in. Another mild surprise was WBZ with a fair signal. 'BZ has been problematic for me in the South.

An unexpected treat was a Sunday night oldies show. From WPTF with a good signal.

Regarding another SDR matter, I finally broke the trans-Atlantic barrier over the weekend. WBBR Saturday night, with a weak, but fairly reliable signal on one of the British receivers (Thames, IIRC). I also think I may have heard WSM a couple of nights earlier. I was hearing what sounded like country music, but the signal was very weak and I couldn't ID it.
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Interesting receiver. Different conditions when I just tried it. 670 & 890 getting hammered by Cuba. WBBM was strong, WGN in & out. No WMVP all Spanish.
Even WABC was not in although WCBS sounded good. WSM, WTAM, & KMOX were strong early this evening.
 
radioman148 said:
Interesting receiver. Different conditions when I just tried it. 670 & 890 getting hammered by Cuba. WBBM was strong, WGN in & out. No WMVP all Spanish.
Even WABC was not in although WCBS sounded good. WSM, WTAM, & KMOX were strong early this evening.
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I'm getting much same thing this evening (Monday 2/19) here in the Pensacola area on the ATS-505, 530 miles southwest of the Beaufort SDR. Chicago results are all virtually identical to what you're hearing. WSM and WTAM both fair but alone. KMOX good. WCBS fair, WABC getting creamed by something in Spanish.
 
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It's pretty auroral tonight, based on both Edinburgh and Beaufort. Lots of Cubans on both receivers, and the NYC clears were gone on Beaufort (but WSCR and WBBM were in strong). Some guy had 3 of the 4 availabilities tied up, I assume 3 browser windows.
 
Conditions on Beaufort are different tonight. The NYC clears, plus WLS & WSCR were in although SCR in a crowd.WGN, WBBM & WMVP strong. WOWO was there also. Didn't hear it last night.
 
I see Mr. Garwood NJ has 3 of the 4 slots again....I guess that's a permanent thing even with the timeout. I concur with your assessment of conditions. I do have WOWO and I've heard WLIB pretty strong on that receiever.


radioman148 said:
Conditions on Beaufort are different tonight. The NYC clears, plus WLS & WSCR were in although SCR in a crowd.WGN, WBBM & WMVP strong. WOWO was there also. Didn't hear it last night.
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Conditions on the Northern Ireland receiver were not hot tonight like it has been. The opening to the Great Lakes area was not good. WJR was in OK, but WBBM was weak. WBBM has been "gangbusters" along with other midwest stations on the NI receiver this DX season, but not tonight. Even the east coast blasters weren't strong.
Couldn't make it until sunrise to see if conditions improved.
 
I basically have the same conditions in Charleston other than a few different stations. Listening to the Edinburgh, IN receiver right now and getting 1670 Madison, WI and WMT on 600. Also KCJJ on 1630.
 
I used to get Madison pretty consistently in Ohio during winter days. The Edinburgh receiver is run by Bob Hawkins, who is a broadcast engineer and just happens to have a radio station tower in his backyard (WYGB-Korn Country 100.3) , which serves as part of support for the SDR antenna. There's a Facebook group for users as well (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1457930077593094/).
 
charlestondxman said:
I basically have the same conditions in Charleston other than a few different stations. Listening to the Edinburgh, IN receiver right now and getting 1670 Madison, WI and WMT on 600. Also KCJJ on 1630.
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WMT midday is what first impressed me with this particular receiver.
 
New SDR just came on line in the last few days:
http://utahsdr.com/

It's called the "Northern Utah WebSDR", and it is located where the old Chirpsounder used to be, near Corrine, Utah. It is using the original TCI antennas, including a huge steerable Log-Periodic Array, as well as an omni-directional NVI antenna....more info is on their site.
 
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Thanks for the link kenglish. Still enjoy the KA7U receiver in Idaho. Picked up FIS-332 Key West FL on the night of 2/26. That's 2,400 miles! Also a 25w NDB from MN, VVV-332 from Ortonville.
 
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